Olympian Noelle Pikus-Pace to Release New Inspirational Book

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Adam Williams

Joined: May 2014
Noelle Pikus Pace recieving her silver medal and wearing a young women's medallion
Noelle Pikus Pace with her silver medal and her Young Women’s medallion.

Noelle Pikus-Pace, the Mormon skeleton racer whose iconic photo of herself on the Olympic medal stand with her Young Women’s medallion on display inspired young women all over the world, is releasing a new book titled, Focused: Staying on Track, One Choice at a Time. LDS Living gave their review of the book and below is a snippet:

Full of little-known facts about the skeleton racer (did you know she hates airports?), the book shares insights from Pikus-Pace on a variety of topics, including how to deal with consequences of decisions, stay focused on where we want to go, define our competition, and how to stand out and reach out to others.  She shares many personal stories from overcoming horrific injuries to dealing with self-doubt and pressures from the world (especially about modesty). And through it all she emphasizes the importance of her family support system when things got tough.

Noelle closes her book with one of her life’s motto:

“Let’s not focus on what’s below us. Let us not be afraid to fall but have faith to move forward. Let us reach out to, encourage, and uplift those around us. Stand tall, keep your head high, and have faith as you place one foot in front of the other.”

The silver medalist impressed us with her athletic ability and inspired us with her path to the 2014 Olympic games, and her book will be one that further inspires its readers to keep going when things get difficult.

The book is scheduled to debut at Deseret Book this September.